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Dennis Brown

Dennis Brown

@DBrownBooks

Author of "Telephone Terrorism" and other books. Software engineer. Visitor of many counties. Lapsed amateur storm chaser.

Ohio, USA Katılım Aralık 2022
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Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
@JulieChangRE Most of those phone numbers track back to three telcom providers who provide services to spammers: Onvoy / Sinch, Peerless Network, and IP Horizon. The FCC could disrupt 80% of the robocallers by shutting down those three companies.
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Julie Chang
Julie Chang@JulieChangRE·
Why don’t people in real estate answer their phone Let’s see the 2 calls in white I picked up were crickets on the other end- probably robo caller so after 2 seconds of silence I hang up Otherwise look at how persistent the spammers are Please don’t comment to change setting to not answer unknown calls - can’t do business if we did that And this is just since yesterday afternoon and part of today
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Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
Congress tries yet again to fix some of the loopholes that courts have opened up in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This proposal is incomplete (should also affirm that texts count as calls) but is the best effort so far.
Senator Dick Durbin@SenatorDurbin

Like most, I’ve experienced the nuisance of robocalls. These calls often prey on non-consenting consumers. It’s got to stop, which is why I joined @janschakowsky and @RepKevinMullin to introduce the Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act to protect Americans from scammers on the other end of the line.

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Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
YouTube has just removed the ability to sort search results by date. And it is apparently deliberate, not a bug. This is absolutely insane.
TeamYouTube@TeamYouTube

@infolibnews You can still use our Upload Date filters (Today, This Week, This Month, or This Year) to find the most recent results within your search. We've only removed the option to *sort* search results by upload date as a part of this update

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Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
@ssickle42 @TMobileHelp Agree. T-Mobile and Verizon really need to start blocking all traffic from Onvoy, both voice and text, or at least allow the option. It is all spam.
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Simon Sickle
Simon Sickle@ssickle42·
@TMobileHelp can I block an entire carrier / provider from calling me? All of the spam comes from Onvoy, LLC and nothing legit for me comes from them. I’m tired of playing whack a mole with scam shield and blocking individual numbers.
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Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
It's remarkable that the @FCC is proposing to eliminate some of the rules against spam telemarketing calls and other robocalls. And it's buried on pp. 27-31 of an otherwise innocuous filing. Who is asking for this?? docs.fcc.gov/public/attachm…
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Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
@DuckDuckGo Offering an AI mode is fine, but PLEASE put the focus in the search box when the home page is opened. It is currently focusing on the tooltip telling us about the new option.
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DuckDuckGo@DuckDuckGo·
The info you need, the way you want. ⚡ We've rolled out an optional new AI toggle address bar. If you prefer, you can choose to keep your DuckDuckGo browser experience as-is (either dismiss it when presented the choice screen, or turn it off in your Search settings).
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Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
@DuckDuckGo OK, but how about keeping the focus in the search box when the DuckDuckGo home page opens? Instead of focusing on a tool tip that has to be dismissed before we can type? This is a bug!
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DuckDuckGo@DuckDuckGo·
NEW: Toggle between search and AI chat to get the experience you want. Either way, your info stays private. Don't want this new view? No problem — you can turn it off in your Search settings.
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Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
I just realized I never posted a link here to my music/humor blog that I started 6 months ago. Sorry to my 45 followers for not telling you about The Bad Top Ten Hits until now. badtoptens.blogspot.com
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Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
@BedoyaUSA Dead people are great targets for scams like this. My friend died in her condo. The HOA broke into her home the next day, changed locks & wouldn't give keys to her next of kin, and billed her estate $2500 for "cleanup" (not necessary). Complete scum.
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Alvaro Bedoya
Alvaro Bedoya@BedoyaUSA·
1/ A woman with dementia moves into an apartment in Colorado. A few months later she passes away unexpectedly. The family gets a bill for $4140. By dying, she “broke her lease early” A landlord gone rogue? No. It was a billionaire property management company called Greystar.
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STATMA@halo1996dw·
@bbb_us Interesting. You have them graded A+ but as you stated, they are not accredited by you — meaning you have not vetted them and they have not agreed to abide by your standards of trust. And, they “caught a case” in the state of MA. Please make all of this make sense to me.
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Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
@vxunderground I've noticed a lot of sites whining that I'm using an "adblocker" when all I have is Firefox's default tracker protection. It wouldn't surprise me if someone tries to make all private browsing illegal.
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vx-underground@vxunderground·
Imagine if legislation passes that makes blocking ads illegal. Imagine you're at home, browsing the internet, then the fuckin' internet Schutzstaffel bust through your door and drag you into the street for visiting a website with uBlock enabled
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vx-underground@vxunderground·
Germany’s Federal Supreme Court (BGH) is debating whether or not ad-blockers constitute COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT which would result in making ad-blockers illegal.
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Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
Maybe Google Search should be end-of-lifed instead? It returns worse and worse results all the time, aside from its problem with Blogger. (Bing & DuckDuckGo can index Blogger just fine.)
Stephen Souness@Sounie

Odd that Google cannot index content on Blogger, as it redirects for mobile clients. Suggests a lack of alignment across products, that could presumably lead to them end of life ing Blogger, since content on the platform gets less traffic and is not reachable from Google search.

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Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
@Sounie Maybe Google Search should be end-of-lifed instead? It returns worse and worse results all the time, aside from its problem with Blogger. (Bing & DuckDuckGo can index Blogger just fine.)
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Stephen Souness
Stephen Souness@Sounie·
Odd that Google cannot index content on Blogger, as it redirects for mobile clients. Suggests a lack of alignment across products, that could presumably lead to them end of life ing Blogger, since content on the platform gets less traffic and is not reachable from Google search.
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Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
@PirateBeerd @coldhealing This, exactly. There will be demand for people who can help design factories, skyscrapers, roads, bridges, sewers, whatever. And an engineering degree gives you a foot in the door of whatever else you want to try.
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RedBeard
RedBeard@PirateBeerd·
Mechanical, electrical, civil engineering have been solid for a long time, and will likely remain so. Especially jobs in those fields that require licensing. Those areas are a good foundation for any job requiring math/science training. I know people who started with BSME/BSEE and went to law or medicine and did very well. Patent attorneys, for example.
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cold 🥑@coldhealing·
If you were advising a widely-talented 17yo today who wanted the safest path to the upper middle class what college major would you recommend? I genuinely don't know. The world is changing a lot. It's probably not computer science. Maybe it's mechanical engineering or math?
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Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
Always have to laugh about the warning on my air fryer to only use it indoors. I guess they think no one has smoke alarms? 🤣 Anyway, it was a nice day so I cooked bacon on the deck.
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Dennis Brown@DBrownBooks·
@Empty_America Also, crooks have benefited from tech as much as anyone. Data mining, bots, crypto, robocalls/texts, etc. They have scaled up their scams while lobbying courts & lawmakers for loopholes to legitimize them.
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VB Knives
VB Knives@Empty_America·
Much of this is because the government stopped actively prosecuting white collar fraud. They used to throw lots of people in jail for "mail fraud," deceptive advertising, various flim flam stuff etc. A lot of "legit" business in 2025 would have landed you in prison in 1980.
FortWorthPlayboy@FWPlayboy

America went from a high-trust society to having to actively defend yourself from fraud and theft with every single monetary transaction cars, homes, medical, dental, business, goods, and services

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